Reuters Investigates revealed the widespread, illegal use of child workers at plants supplying Hyundai and Kia in the United States. Staffing agencies placed migrant minors in plants where regulations ban kids from working.  A Reuters Special Report lead to rescues and government investigations and was the recipient of a 2023 George Polk Award and was a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in National Reporting.

Reporting by Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Joshua Schneyer